1Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth![1] (Isa 51:4)2I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old, (Nu 21:27; Ps 49:4; Mt 13:35)3things that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us. (Ps 44:1)4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. (Ex 12:26; Ex 12:27; Ex 13:8; Ex 13:14; De 11:19; Jos 4:6; Jos 4:7; Job 15:18; Ps 78:11; Joe 1:3)5He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, (Ps 19:7; Ps 81:5; Ps 147:19)6that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, (Ps 78:4; Ps 102:18)7so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments; (Ps 77:12; Ps 105:45)8and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. (Ex 32:9; Ex 33:3; De 9:7; De 9:24; De 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:7; Job 11:13; Ps 78:37; Jer 5:23; Eze 20:18)9The Ephraimites, armed with[2] the bow, turned back on the day of battle. (Ps 78:57)10They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. (2Ki 17:15)11They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. (Ps 78:4; Ps 106:13)12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. (Ex 7:1; Nu 13:22; Ps 72:18; Ps 78:43; Isa 19:11; Isa 19:13; Eze 30:14)13He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. (Ex 14:21; Ex 15:8; Ps 136:13)14In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. (Ps 105:39)15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. (Ex 17:6; Ps 78:20; Ps 105:41; Ps 114:8; Isa 48:21)16He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers. (Nu 20:8; Nu 20:10; Nu 20:11)17Yet they sinned still more against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert. (De 9:22; Ps 78:40; Isa 63:10)18They tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. (De 6:16; Ps 78:41; Ps 95:9; Ps 106:14; 1Co 10:9)19They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness? (Ex 16:3; Nu 11:4; Nu 20:3; Nu 21:5; Ps 23:5)20He struck the rock so that water gushed out and streams overflowed. Can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?” (Ps 78:15)21Therefore, when the LORD heard, he was full of wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob; his anger rose against Israel, (Nu 11:1)22because they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power. (Ps 78:32; Ps 78:37)23Yet he commanded the skies above and opened the doors of heaven, (Ge 7:11; Mal 3:10)24and he rained down on them manna to eat and gave them the grain of heaven. (Ex 16:4; Ps 105:40; Joh 6:31)25Man ate of the bread of the angels; he sent them food in abundance. (Ps 78:29; Ps 103:20)26He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by his power he led out the south wind; (Nu 11:31)27he rained meat on them like dust, winged birds like the sand of the seas; (Ge 13:16; Ge 22:17)28he let them fall in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. (Ex 16:13; Nu 11:31)29And they ate and were well filled, for he gave them what they craved. (Nu 11:4; Nu 11:19; Nu 11:20; Nu 11:34)30But before they had satisfied their craving, while the food was still in their mouths, (Nu 11:33; Job 20:23)31the anger of God rose against them, and he killed the strongest of them and laid low the young men of Israel. (Ps 78:63; Isa 10:16)32In spite of all this, they still sinned; despite his wonders, they did not believe. (Nu 14:1; Nu 14:11; Nu 16:1; Nu 17:1; Ps 78:22)33So he made their days vanish like[3] a breath,[4] and their years in terror. (Nu 14:29; Nu 14:35; Nu 26:64; Nu 26:65; Ps 39:5)34When he killed them, they sought him; they repented and sought God earnestly. (Ho 5:15)35They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. (Ex 15:13; De 32:4; De 32:15; De 32:31; Ps 74:2)36But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues. (Isa 29:13; Isa 57:11; Eze 33:31)37Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant. (Ps 51:10; Ps 78:8)38Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath. (Ex 34:6; Nu 14:20)39He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again. (Ge 6:3; Job 7:7; Job 10:9; Ps 103:14)40How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! (Ps 78:17; Ps 106:14; Ps 107:11; Eph 4:30)41They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. (Ps 18:1; Ps 71:22)42They did not remember his power[5] or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, (Jud 8:34)43when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. (Ex 4:21; Ex 7:3; Ex 11:9; Ex 11:10; Ps 12:1; Ps 105:27; Ps 106:22; Ac 7:36)44He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. (Ex 7:17)45He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. (Ex 8:2; Ex 8:21)46He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. (Ex 10:12)47He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. (Ex 9:23)48He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. (Ex 9:19)49He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. (Ex 12:13; Ex 12:23; 2Sa 24:16)50He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.51He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. (Ex 12:29; Ps 105:23; Ps 105:27; Ps 105:36; Ps 106:22; Ps 135:8; Ps 136:10)52Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (Ps 77:20)53He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. (Ex 14:13; Ex 14:19; Ex 14:20; Ex 14:27; Ex 14:28; Ex 15:10)54And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. (Ex 15:17; Ps 68:16; Ps 74:2; Isa 11:9; Isa 57:13)55He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. (Jos 23:4; Ps 44:2; Ps 135:12; Ps 136:21; Ps 136:22; Ac 13:19)56Yet they tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies, (Jud 2:11; Jud 2:12; Ps 78:18; Ps 78:40)57but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow. (Ps 78:9; Ho 7:16)58For they provoked him to anger with their high places; they moved him to jealousy with their idols. (Le 26:30; Nu 25:11; De 7:5; De 7:25; De 12:2; De 12:3; De 31:29; De 32:16; De 32:21; Jud 2:12; 1Ki 11:7; 1Ki 12:31; Eze 20:28)59When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel. (De 3:26; Ps 78:62; Ps 106:40)60He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind, (Jos 18:1; 1Sa 4:11; Jer 7:12; Jer 7:14; Jer 26:6)61and delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe. (1Sa 4:21; Ps 63:2; Ps 96:6; Ps 132:8)62He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage. (1Sa 4:10; Ps 78:59)63Fire devoured their young men, and their young women had no marriage song. (Ps 79:5; Ps 89:46; Jer 7:34)64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation. (1Sa 4:11; Job 27:15)65Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine. (Ps 35:23; Ps 73:20)66And he put his adversaries to rout; he put them to everlasting shame. (Ps 40:14)67He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, (Ps 80:1; Ps 81:5)68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves. (Ps 87:2)69He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever. (1Ki 6:1)70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds; (1Sa 16:12; 1Sa 16:13)71from following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance. (1Sa 10:1; 2Sa 5:2; 2Sa 7:8; Ps 28:9)72With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand. (1Ki 9:4; Ps 77:20; Ps 101:2)
1Eine Unterweisung Asafs. Höre, mein Volk, meine Unterweisung, neiget eure Ohren zu der Rede meines Mundes! (Ps 106:1)2Ich will meinen Mund auftun zu einem Spruch und Geschichten verkünden aus alter Zeit. (Mt 13:35)3Was wir gehört haben und wissen und unsre Väter uns erzählt haben, (Ex 13:14; De 4:9)4das wollen wir nicht verschweigen ihren Kindern; wir verkündigen dem kommenden Geschlecht den Ruhm des HERRN und seine Macht und seine Wunder, die er getan hat.5Er richtete ein Zeugnis auf in Jakob und gab ein Gesetz in Israel und gebot unsern Vätern, es ihre Kinder zu lehren,6auf dass es die Nachkommen lernten, die Kinder, die noch geboren würden; die sollten aufstehen und es auch ihren Kindern verkündigen,7dass sie setzten auf Gott ihre Hoffnung / und nicht vergäßen die Taten Gottes, sondern seine Gebote hielten8und nicht würden wie ihre Väter, ein abtrünniges und ungehorsames Geschlecht, dessen Herz nicht fest war und dessen Geist sich nicht treu an Gott hielt, (De 32:5)9wie die Söhne Ephraim, wohl gerüstete Bogenschützen, abfielen zur Zeit des Streits; (Jud 2:11)10sie hielten den Bund Gottes nicht und wollten nicht in seinem Gesetz wandeln11und vergaßen seine Taten und seine Wunder, die er sie hatte sehen lassen.12Vor ihren Vätern tat er Wunder in Ägyptenland, im Gefilde von Zoan.13Er zerteilte das Meer und führte sie hindurch und ließ das Wasser stehen wie eine Mauer. (Ex 14:21)14Er leitete sie bei Tage mit einer Wolke und die ganze Nacht mit einem hellen Feuer. (Ex 13:21)15Er spaltete die Felsen in der Wüste und tränkte sie reichlich wie mit Fluten; (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:7; De 32:18)16er ließ Bäche aus den Felsen hervorbrechen und Wasser hinabfließen wie Ströme.17Dennoch sündigten sie weiter wider ihn und empörten sich in der Wüste gegen den Höchsten;18sie versuchten Gott in ihrem Herzen, als sie Speise forderten für ihre Seelen, (Ex 16:3; Nu 11:4)19und redeten wider Gott und sprachen: Kann Gott wohl einen Tisch bereiten in der Wüste? (Ps 23:5)20Siehe, er hat wohl den Felsen geschlagen, dass Wasser strömten und Bäche sich ergossen; kann er aber auch Brot geben und seinem Volk Fleisch verschaffen?21Da das der HERR hörte, entbrannte er im Grimm, und Feuer brach aus in Jakob, und Zorn kam über Israel, (Nu 11:1)22weil sie nicht glaubten an Gott und nicht hofften auf seine Hilfe.23Und er gebot den Wolken droben und tat auf die Türen des Himmels24und ließ Manna auf sie regnen zur Speise und gab ihnen Himmelsbrot. (Ex 16:4; Ex 16:14)25Brot der Engel aßen sie alle, er sandte ihnen Speise in Fülle.26Er ließ wehen den Ostwind unter dem Himmel und erregte durch seine Stärke den Südwind (Nu 11:31)27und ließ Fleisch auf sie regnen wie Staub und Vögel wie Sand am Meer;28mitten in sein Lager ließ er sie fallen, rings um seine Wohnung her.29Da aßen sie und wurden sehr satt; und was sie verlangten, gewährte er ihnen.30Sie hatten ihr Verlangen noch nicht gestillt, ihre Speise war noch in ihrem Munde,31da kam der Zorn Gottes über sie / und brachte ihre Vornehmsten um und schlug nieder die Besten in Israel.32Bei dem allen sündigten sie noch mehr und glaubten nicht an seine Wunder.33Darum ließ er ihre Tage dahinschwinden ins Nichts und ihre Jahre in Schrecken. (Nu 14:22; 1Co 10:5)34Wenn er den Tod unter sie brachte, suchten sie ihn und fragten wieder nach Gott35und dachten daran, dass Gott ihr Hort ist und Gott, der Höchste, ihr Erlöser.36Doch sie betrogen ihn mit ihrem Munde und belogen ihn mit ihrer Zunge.37Ihr Herz hing nicht fest an ihm, und sie hielten nicht treu an seinem Bunde.38Er aber war barmherzig und vergab die Schuld und vertilgte sie nicht und wandte oft seinen Zorn ab und ließ nicht seinen ganzen Grimm an ihnen aus.39Denn er dachte daran, dass sie Fleisch sind, ein Hauch, der dahinfährt und nicht wiederkommt. (Ps 103:14)40Wie oft trotzten sie ihm in der Wüste und betrübten ihn in der Einöde!41Sie versuchten Gott immer wieder und kränkten den Heiligen Israels.42Sie dachten nicht an seine Hand, an den Tag, da er sie erlöste von den Feinden,43wie er seine Zeichen in Ägypten getan hatte und seine Wunder im Lande Zoan.44Er verwandelte ihre Ströme in Blut, dass sie aus ihren Flüssen nicht trinken konnten. (Ex 7:19)45Er schickte Ungeziefer unter sie, das sie fraß, und Frösche, die ihnen Verderben brachten, (Ex 8:2; Ex 8:20)46und gab ihr Gewächs den Raupen und ihre Saat den Heuschrecken. (Ex 10:13)47Er schlug ihre Weinstöcke mit Hagel und ihre Maulbeerbäume mit Schloßen. (Ex 9:25)48Er gab ihr Vieh dem Hagel preis und ihre Herden dem Wetterstrahl.49Er sandte die Glut seines Zorns unter sie, Grimm und Wut und Drangsal, eine Schar Verderben bringender Engel.50Er ließ seinem Zorn freien Lauf / und bewahrte ihre Seele nicht vor dem Tode und gab ihr Leben der Pest preis. (Ex 9:8)51Er schlug alle Erstgeburt in Ägypten, die Erstlinge ihrer Kraft in den Zelten Hams. (Ex 12:29)52Er ließ sein Volk ausziehen wie Schafe und führte sie wie eine Herde in der Wüste; (Ps 77:21)53und er leitete sie sicher, / dass sie sich nicht fürchteten; aber ihre Feinde bedeckte das Meer. (Ex 14:27)54Er brachte sie in sein heiliges Land, zu dem Berg, den seine Rechte erworben hat, (Ex 15:17)55und vertrieb vor ihnen her die Völker / und verteilte ihr Land als Erbe und ließ in ihren Zelten die Stämme Israels wohnen.56Aber sie versuchten Gott und trotzten dem Höchsten und hielten seine Gebote nicht;57sie fielen ab und waren treulos wie ihre Väter und versagten wie ein schlaffer Bogen;58sie erzürnten ihn mit ihren Höhen und reizten ihn zum Zorn mit ihren Götzen. (De 32:21)59Da Gott das hörte, entbrannte sein Grimm, und er verwarf Israel ganz.60Er gab seine Wohnung in Silo dahin, das Zelt, in dem er unter Menschen wohnte. (1Sa 1:3; Jer 7:12)61Er gab seine Macht in Gefangenschaft und seine Herrlichkeit in die Hand des Feindes.[1] (1Sa 4:22; Ps 132:8)62Er übergab sein Volk dem Schwert und ergrimmte über sein Erbe.63Ihre junge Mannschaft fraß das Feuer, und ihre Jungfrauen mussten ungefreit bleiben.64Ihre Priester fielen durchs Schwert, und die Witwen konnten die Toten nicht beweinen. (1Sa 4:17)65Da erwachte der Herr wie aus dem Schlaf, wie ein Starker, der vom Wein fröhlich ist,66und schlug seine Feinde zurück und hängte ihnen ewige Schande an. (1Sa 5:6)67Er verwarf das Zelt Josefs und erwählte nicht den Stamm Ephraim,68sondern erwählte den Stamm Juda, den Berg Zion, den er liebt. (2Ch 6:6)69Er baute sein Heiligtum wie Himmelshöhen, wie die Erde, die er gegründet hat für immer,70und erwählte seinen Knecht David und nahm ihn von den Schafhürden; (1Sa 16:11; 2Sa 7:8)71von den säugenden Schafen holte er ihn, dass er sein Volk Jakob weide und sein Erbe Israel.72Und er weidete sie mit aller Treue und leitete sie mit kluger Hand.
Psalm 78
Nuova Riveduta 2006
from Società Biblica di Ginevra
Fedeltà di Dio nella storia d’Israele
1Cantico di Asaf. Ascolta, popolo mio, il mio insegnamento; porgete orecchio alle parole della mia bocca!2Io aprirò la mia bocca per esprimere parabole, esporrò i misteri dei tempi antichi.3Quel che abbiamo udito e conosciuto, e che i nostri padri ci hanno raccontato,4non lo nasconderemo ai loro figli; diremo alla generazione futura le lodi del Signore, la sua potenza e le meraviglie che egli ha operate.5Egli stabilì una testimonianza in Giacobbe, istituì una legge in Israele e ordinò ai nostri padri di farle conoscere ai loro figli,6perché fossero note alla generazione futura, ai figli che sarebbero nati. Questi le avrebbero così raccontate ai loro figli,7perché ponessero in Dio la loro speranza e non dimenticassero le opere di Dio, ma osservassero i suoi comandamenti.8Tutto ciò per non essere come i loro padri, una generazione ostinata e ribelle, una generazione dal cuore incostante, il cui spirito non fu fedele a Dio.9I figli di Efraim, gente di guerra, buoni arcieri, voltarono le spalle il dì della battaglia.10Non osservarono il patto di Dio e rifiutarono di camminare secondo la sua legge;11dimenticarono le sue opere e i prodigi che egli aveva mostrati loro.12Egli aveva compiuto meraviglie in presenza dei loro padri, nel paese d’Egitto, nelle campagne di Soan[1].13Divise il mare, li fece passare e fermò le acque come in un mucchio.14Di giorno li guidò con una nuvola, e tutta la notte con un fuoco fiammeggiante.15Spaccò le rocce nel deserto e li dissetò abbondantemente, come da sorgenti d’acque profonde.16Fece scaturire ruscelli dalla rupe, fece sgorgare acque come fiumi.17Ma essi continuarono a peccare contro di lui, a ribellarsi contro l’Altissimo, nel deserto.18Tentarono Dio in cuor loro, chiedendo cibo secondo le proprie voglie.19Parlarono contro Dio, dicendo: «Potrebbe Dio imbandirci una mensa nel deserto?20Ecco, egli percosse la roccia e ne sgorgarono acque, ne strariparono torrenti; potrebbe darci anche del pane e provvedere di carne il suo popolo?»21Perciò il Signore, quando l’udì, si adirò aspramente e un fuoco si accese contro Giacobbe; l’ira sua si infuriò contro Israele,22perché non avevano creduto in Dio, né avevano avuto fiducia nella sua salvezza.23Eppure egli comandò alle nuvole dall’alto, aprì le porte del cielo,24fece piovere su di essi la manna per nutrimento e diede loro il frumento del cielo.25Essi mangiarono il pane dei potenti; egli mandò loro cibo a sazietà.26Scatenò in cielo il vento orientale, e con la sua potenza fece alzare il vento del mezzogiorno;27fece piovere su di loro carne come polvere, uccelli alati, numerosi come sabbia del mare;28li fece cadere in mezzo al loro accampamento, intorno alle loro tende.29Così essi mangiarono, furono saziati e Dio mandò loro quel che avevano desiderato.30Non era ancora stata soddisfatta la loro ingordigia, avevano ancora il cibo in bocca,31quando l’ira di Dio si scatenò contro di loro, uccise i più vigorosi e abbatté i giovani d’Israele.32Con tutto ciò peccarono ancora, non prestando fede ai suoi prodigi.33Perciò egli consumò i loro giorni in un niente e i loro anni con un terrore improvviso.34Quando li faceva perire, essi lo cercavano e ritornavano desiderosi di ritrovare Dio;35e si ricordavano che Dio era la loro rocca, che il Dio altissimo era il loro liberatore.36Essi però lo adulavano con la bocca e gli mentivano con la lingua.37Il loro cuore non era sincero con lui e non erano fedeli al suo patto.38Ma egli, che è pietoso, perdona l’iniquità e non distrugge il peccatore. Più volte trattenne la sua ira e non lasciò divampare tutto il suo sdegno,39ricordando che essi erano carne, un soffio che va e non ritorna.40Quante volte si ribellarono a lui nel deserto e lo rattristarono in quella solitudine!41Ma ricominciarono a tentare Dio e a provocare il Santo d’Israele.42Non si ricordarono più della sua mano, del giorno in cui egli li liberò dal nemico,43quando operò i suoi miracoli in Egitto e i suoi prodigi nelle campagne di Soan.44Egli mutò i loro fiumi e i loro ruscelli in sangue, perché non vi potessero più bere.45Mandò contro di loro mosche velenose a divorarli e rane a molestarli.46Diede il loro raccolto ai bruchi e il frutto della loro fatica alle cavallette.47Distrusse le loro vigne con la grandine e i loro sicomori con i grossi chicchi d’essa.48Abbandonò il loro bestiame alla grandine e le loro greggi ai fulmini.49Scatenò su di loro il furore del suo sdegno, ira, indignazione e tribolazione, una moltitudine di messaggeri di sventure.50Diede sfogo alla sua ira; non preservò dalla morte la loro anima, ma abbandonò la loro vita alla peste.51Percosse tutti i primogeniti d’Egitto, le primizie del vigore nelle tende di Cam[2];52ma fece partire il suo popolo come un gregge e lo guidò attraverso il deserto come una mandria.53Li condusse sicuri e senza timore, mentre il mare inghiottiva i loro nemici.54Li fece arrivare alla sua terra santa, al monte che la sua destra aveva conquistato.55Scacciò le nazioni davanti a loro, assegnò loro a sorte il territorio come eredità e fece abitare le tribù d’Israele nelle tende di quelli.56Ma essi tentarono il Dio altissimo, si ribellarono e non osservarono i suoi statuti.57Si sviarono e furono sleali come i loro padri; si rivoltarono come un arco fallace;58lo provocarono a ira con i loro alti luoghi, lo resero geloso con i loro idoli.59Dio udì, si adirò, ed ebbe per Israele grande avversione,60abbandonò il tabernacolo di Silo, la tenda in cui aveva abitato fra gli uomini;61lasciò condurre la sua forza in schiavitù e lasciò cadere la sua gloria in mano al nemico.62Abbandonò il suo popolo alla spada e si adirò contro la sua eredità.63Il fuoco consumò i loro giovani e le loro vergini non ebbero canto nuziale.64I loro sacerdoti caddero di spada e le loro vedove non fecero lamento.65Poi il Signore si risvegliò come dal sonno, simile a un prode che grida eccitato dal vino.66Colpì i suoi nemici alle spalle, li coprì di eterna vergogna.67Ripudiò la tenda di Giuseppe e non scelse la tribù di Efraim;68ma elesse la tribù di Giuda, il monte Sion che egli amava.69Costruì il suo tempio, simile a luoghi altissimi, come la terra che egli ha fondata per sempre.70Scelse Davide, suo servo, lo prese dagli ovili;71lo portò via alle pecore che allattavano, per pascere Giacobbe, suo popolo, e Israele, sua eredità.72Ed egli si curò di loro con un cuore integro e li guidò con mano sapiente.